LOVE in a Cup of COFFEE

BEN runs away from his father with his full ambition about coffee. His
live was just for coffee. His biggest dream and ambition was became the best
and popular coffee barista in Jakarta. His ambition meet Jody's dream to become
a successful businessman from their coffee shop that Jody and Ben established
in the central of Jakarta. Their "Filosofi Kopi" shop was popular
among student and employee that love to spend their time to enjoy a cup of
coffee while lunch or rainy days. Coffee not only portrays about Ben
and Jody’s friendship since their childhood, but also inspires Ben to be the
best Barista in IndonesiaSomeday, a business man came to "Filosopi Kopi" shop and challenge Ben
to make the best coffee in Indonesia. He promises Ben one hundred million
rupiah as a reward. He wants to present that coffee to a very successful
business man who really loves coffee to win a business tender. Because he so excited
with the challenge, Ben propose the business man to arise the reward became one
hundred billion rupiah. Jody was really surprise and worried that Ben will lose
and both of them will imprisoned. But, Jody also hope Ben win the gamble so he
can pay his debt and redevelop their coffee shop. Their dream will come true.

Day and night Ben make some experiments in his very special room called Coffee
lab. He also reads so many books about coffee and how to make the best coffee
in the world. Ben locked himself in his room and only care about his coffee.
Someday, Ben asks Jody and his colleague to try the baby of "Ben's
Perfecto" and he was very confident to win the gamble and bring the
reward. Ben's Perfecto was the new baby in their Filosofi Kopi and became
popular among coffee lover in Jakarta.

Unfortunately, a girl named El who wrote a book about coffee said that the "Ben's
Perfecto" is kind of ordinary coffee. In her opinion and based on her
experience while traveled around Indonesia to wrote about coffee, there was the
best coffee that she ever drink in her whole life. She called it "Tiwus
Coffee" and made by a couple of coffee farmer in a remote village in
Java. Ben was really angry and he said that El doesn't know anything about
coffee. But, Jody who didn't want to lose his coffee shop persuade Ben to met
with the farmer and tried to learn how they can make such best coffee. So, Ben
can defeated El and win the gamble.Ben, Jody and El visited the coffee farmer and tried their own a
cup of cheap coffee called "Tiwus Coffee". Before Ben tried
the Tiwus coffee that served in a cheap tin cup, he became very angry. How can
the very cheap coffee that made by a peasant became the best coffee and defeat
his modern roasted coffee? He was very angry to El that dares to bring them to
the very cheap place just to compare the poor Tiwus Coffee and his very special
Ben's Perfecto. But, as Ben business partner who didn't want to end in the
jail, Jody was persuade and advice Ben to learn how Pak Seno manage his coffee
plantation and made the very special Tiwus Coffee.

Love your Coffee as your own daughter

Ben followed Pak Seno and his wife to their coffee plantation. Pak Seno said
that they looked after their coffee plantation with love and care like what
they did to their only daughter who died long time ago. He told to the coffee
to grow in health and give the best coffee fruit. Pak Seno has been living as
coffee farmer so many years and he didn't have any ambition about a cup of
coffee except love. He loves the coffee like he loves his daughter. Then, their
conversation remind Ben to his past when his father given up about making the
best coffee because the death of Ben's mother. The died of the mother was
related to Ben's father critique to the palm oil company who want to convert
the poor people coffee plantation to palm oil plantation. Ben really aware that
his father hate the coffee because he didn't want to sacrifice his only son
like his wife.Ben brings some sack of Tiwus Coffee to Jakarta and makes the
special Tiwus Coffee. He wins the gamble. But, he felt uneasy and returned back
to his father in West Lampung district and left Jody behind while they
redevelop Filosofi Kopi. He came to his father and recalled the old memory. He
help his father to manager their small coffee plantation and enjoy the black
coffee that his father teach Ben how to make the very special a cup of coffee.
Then, Ben admitted that his father was the best barista in Indonesia, since he
served a cup of coffee with love. And, Ben finally understands why enjoyed
a cup of coffee under the night sky and the fresh air of remote village was the
best pleasure that he ever felt.

Ben, His Father and Jody

This story is about coffee lover in Folosofi Kopi movie. This is the first
movie about coffee in Indonesia and produced based on story that written by
popular Indonesian writer, Dewi Lestari. I wrote the story after I watched the
movie in Bahasa some months ago. I made this article because I worried that I
will forget English so I try to make one and you can tell me about my mistake
in comment box. Thank you

KOPI LIWA

KOPI LIWA is a brand of coffee that mentioned in Filosofi Kopi
movie. This coffee produced by coffee farmer in Liwa as capital of West Lampung
district, Lampung Province, Indonesia. The civet coffee also part of Kopi Liwa
that produced in very special treatment that involve civet that known as animal
that really love to eat coffee and fermented the coffee fruit in their tummy.
This kind of coffee is the expensive coffee in the world.

Coffee is the most popular agriculture commodity in West Lampung
district and became the potential product which was support the coffee farmer
income. The topography of mountainous of the district is known as the best
place to planted coffee than another place in Lampung province.